The intelligent and thoughtful encyclical is an important warning of the uses and misuses of a rapidly developing technology. Silicon Valley is wrong to dismiss it

VATICAN CITY (AP):Pope Leo XIV yesterday called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a…

AI “must be at the service of all, and of the common good,” the pope said

The pontiff’s message is clear — in the battle for righteousness, human beings must remain at the center of civilization, not sidelined by AI.

The pontiff presented his encyclical at the Vatican alongside AI experts.

As the technology's reputation wobbles, the pope joins a chorus of AI watchers calling out its potential harms and working with the industry to mitigate them.

Though J.D. Vance found the “bits and pieces” he read to be “very profound.”

The pope takes a stand against those who want the morality and ethics of artificial intelligence to be entirely in the hands of its creators.

Leo XIV’s new encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” presents a remarkable case for placing moral concerns, and not profit, or competitive advantage, or efficiency, at the center of…

“It’s not about AI. It’s about protecting the human person in the age of AI.”

Daron Acemoglu identifies the flawed and dangerous assumptions about AI that are guiding the technology’s design.

The best way to strike the right balance is by recognising that we all have a responsibility to make this technology safe and beneficial

Despite a lack of regulation, we still have the ability to steer artificial intelligence in ways that can benefit our common humanity.

The intelligent and thoughtful encyclical is an important warning of the uses and misuses of a rapidly developing technology. Silicon Valley is wrong to dismiss it

The encyclical provides an ethical and moral framework for AI, but one that is steeped in Catholicism and ignores the faiths and practices of a majority of the world’s population.

Guardian readers in the US spoke of fears about unregulated AI in response to the pope’s encyclical warning about the risks of the technology

Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence shows that, in him, ordinary people do have a champion.